The late 2000s marked a period of rediscovery for Aston Martin, with new backing and bold ideas. After a decade-and-a-half under the leadership of Ford, the famous British marque was acquired by a consortium led by Prodrive’s Dave Richards in March 2007. The One-77 was revealed — partially covered, as a non-running prototype — at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.
Under the guidance of then-CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez, the One-77 instantly made headlines. Aston Martin announced that its newest endeavor — with the allure and daring vision of a concept car that would typically be too fanciful for roadgoing production — was indeed available to buy, but would cost as much as £1,000,000. The Aston Martin hierarchy signaled a clear message of intent, framing its desired trajectory to return to the company’s roots of building boutique speed machines.
A 7.3-liter development of Aston Martin’s acclaimed V12, specially reworked by race engineers at Cosworth, would spearhead the raft of exciting, newly announced performance details. The free-revving V12 was rated with factory figures of 750 horsepower and 553 lb-ft of torque, making the One-77 the most powerful naturally aspirated roadgoing car in the world at launch.
This example, numbered 65 of just 77 built, was manufactured in 2011 in left-hand-drive configuration. Owing to its consistently low odometer readings throughout its life, the One-77 received its 16,000 km and 24,000 km services at the same time, when it had covered just 1,077 km. At the time of cataloging, the odometer reads only 1,785 km.
